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Online threats of violence against Howard University spark fears

Howard University is being rocked by news that a racist, violent message threatening to kill black students on Thursday was posted online Wednesday. The school is remaining open while some classes are canceled.

A racist online message threatening to murder students at Howard Universityhas led to fear and class cancelations at thehistorically black school.

"Any n—r left at Howard University after [10 a.m. Thursday] will be the first to go," the message, apparently posted to the online forum 4chan, which is known as a hang-out for trolls, hackers and other online mischief-makers, reads. The message continued, "It's not murder if they're black."

The only version of the message available is a picture of a printed-out version of the threat.

While campus appeared to still be open, some students postedimages on Twitter of emails from professors canceling their classes on Thursday.

The person who wrote the anonymous message, posted Wednesday around 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, claims they left Missouri University, where recent protests over alleged racism on campus have garnered national attention and led to the resignation of the university's president.

"I left MU yesterday because I couldn't put up with it anymore. I go home to MD and what do I see? The same old s—t," the threat reads. "Sure, the po po will take me down, but I'll go out a hero knowing I made the world better."